Greater New Orleans

New Orleans police said a performer who goes by the name Armani Nicole Davenport, a person of interest in a case that involved injecting silicone into two clients illegally and leaving one in a coma, surrendered on Wednesday (Nov. 6).

New Orleans police on Wednesday announced that a transgender performer suspected of injecting two New Orleans residents with silicone last week, leaving one in a coma, has surrendered to authorities.

Larry Tremell Bernard, 32, who goes by the professional name Armani Nicole Davenport or "Mani," walked into the district attorney's office and turned herself in, NOPD spokesman Frank Robertson III said. She was booked into Orleans Parish Prison and charged with one count of negligent injuring, Robertson said.

Bernard is accused of injecting two people in the hip and buttocks with silicone on Oct. 24, in the 1200 block of South Salcedo Street, according to a police report. One of the two people injected later complained of respiratory distress and was taken to University Hospital where she was listed as comatose, in critical condition, according to police.

A warrant for Bernard's arrest was obtained Friday (Nov. 1) by the NOPD.

Bernard used to live in Baton Rouge before moving to Dallas, according to the NOPD. She frequently travels between Texas, Louisiana and Georgia, police said.

Bernard was spotted last weekend in Atlanta, participating in a drag queen beauty pageant called Miss Black Universe, according to another pageant participant.

Bernard is no stranger to such performances. She has participated under the name Armani Nicole Davenport in several pageants in the Southeast dating to 1998, including Miss New Orleans Newcomer 2002, Miss Gay Dallas Metroplex US of A 2013, and, most recently, Miss Gay Texas US of A 2014.